Steven Laken, Ph.D., President & CEO

According to Hopkins Medical News, at the age of 26, Steve Laken "had already achieved more public acclaim than many scientists receive in a lifetime." He had been featured on the nightly news of all four major television networks, in The New York Times, Baltimore Sun, USA Today and on National Public Radio and the Associated Press Radio Network. In his fourth year of a graduate program in cellular and molecular medicine, Dr. Laken was part of the team credited with discovering the first familial genetic mutation that causes colorectal cancer, and with developing a simple blood test to identify it. The American Cancer Society and the American Society of Clinical Oncologists now recommend genetic testing based on this work.

Subsequent to graduate school, Dr. Laken worked at Exact Sciences Inc. as Director of Business Development and Intellectual Asset Management. He managed the firm's portfolio of intellectual property, licensed new technology and genes, established collaborative relationships with scientists and industry, and designed and managed clinical studies. He successfully identified the firm's first product and implemented its launch, establishing commercial operations two years ahead of the initial goal. He played a key role in raising Series D financing and was part of the management team that took Exact Sciences public through an Initial Public Offering (IPO).

Dr. Laken is a recipient of the MIT Technology Review 100 Young Innovators Award (2002) and the David Israel Macht Prize from Johns Hopkins University (1999). He holds four patents and was instrumental in developing four commercially available DNA-based diagnostic products both at Johns Hopkins and at Exact Sciences. He holds a B.S. in Genetics and Cell Biology from the University of Minnesota and a Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Medicine from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He has testified as an fMRI Expert and as a DNA forensic expert.

Benjamin McDonald, Cephos Lead Investigator

Mr. McDonald served in law enforcement and security for 24 years as a Patrol Supervisor, Watch Commander, Prosecutor, Director of Training, Academy Drill Instructor, Physical Skills, Investigator, Firearms Instructor, and State/Federal Law Enforcement Leader in Training. He also served several years in the Department of Justice as an Academy Director for the Office of Police Corps and Law Enforcement Education.

Mr. McDonald successfully employed his practices in local, municipal, state and federal organizations and has conducted numerous municipal and private sector investigations. He is an accomplished educator and investigator committed to helping clients with their complex litigation needs.

Mr. McDonald is also a successful entrepreneur and has extensive experience in the private investigative industry. He is an active and respected member in numerous professional societies, and he devotes some of his time to pro bono casework. His project management expertise and his many years of experience have made him a leader in training and investigations.

Robert Feldman, Esq.

Mr. Feldman is a partner at Birnbaum and Godkin in Boston, Massachusetts. He has litigated numerous business matters, including non-compete, breach of contract and intra-corporate disputes. His practice focuses on business disputes for companies and individuals, ranging from small contract actions to $100 million intellectual property litigation. On a pro bono basis, Mr. Feldman helped found the New England Innocence Project, which seeks to exonerate the wrongly convicted using DNA technology. In a more publicized case, Mr. Feldman used new DNA results to bring into question the reliability of fingerprint evidence that was used to wrongly convict his client nine years earlier. Mr. Feldman was selected as a "Massachusetts Super Lawyer" for 2004, based on ballots sent to 37,000 attorneys across Massachusetts by Law & Politics Magazine.

Robert Shapiro, Esq.

Robert Shapiro is the head of white-collar criminal defense at Christensen, Miller in Los Angeles. The New York Times profiled him as one of the nation's most prominent attorneys, successfully defending the President of Mobil Oil against a manslaughter charge resulting from a tank explosion. Less well-known is his expertise in international law. Recently he successfully represented Zhang Hongbao, a sought after fugitive from mainland China. He has written and lectured extensively on legal issues and procedures. He is the author of "The Search For Justice,” a New York Times Bestseller. He was honored by the California State Bar Journal for one of the ten best legal articles of the decade. He is the recipient of the Pro-Bono Lawyer of the Year Award from the State of Nevada. The Los Angeles Daily Journal has listed Mr. Shapiro as one of its 100 Super Lawyers. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Finance from UCLA and a Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School.

Henry Lee, Ph.D.

Dr. Henry C. Lee, Ph.D., is the Chief Emeritus for Scientific Services in the Department of Public Safety for the State of Connecticut. He joined the University of New Haven in 1975 and created the school's forensic science department, receiving tenure three years later. He served as Connecticut’s Chief Criminologist from 1979 to 2000, and was the driving force behind establishing a modern forensic laboratory. He has received numerous awards for his work, and has helped the police around the world with more than 6,000 cases. In 1992, Dr. Lee was elected a Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. He is an editor for seven academic journals, including the Editorial Board of the Journal of Forensic Sciences. He has authored or co-authored 18 books, major chapters, and reports, and he has published approximately 200 articles in professional journals.

John C. Sommerer, Ph.D.

John C. Sommerer is the first Director of Science and Technology and the Chief Technology Officer of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md., the largest of the DOD University Affiliated Research Centers. JHU/APL provides DOD and NASA with essential capabilities in Combat and Guided Missile Systems, Theater Air Defense, Space Science and Engineering, Strategic Systems Test and Evaluation, Submarine Security, Information Technology, Modeling & Simulation, and Research & Development. Dr. Sommerer has served on several technical advisory bodies for the U.S. Government and is currently Vice Chair of the Naval Research Advisory Committee, senior technical advisory body to the Secretary of the Navy, Chief of Naval Operations, and Commandant of the Marine Corps. He has received a number of awards, including being named Maryland's Distinguished Young Scientist in 1994. He has also served as a Director of the Jim Rouse Entrepreneurial Fund and as an Advisor to the Howard County, Maryland new business incubator, NeoTech.

Frank Kozel, M.D., M.S.C.R.

Dr. Frank A. "Andy" Kozel has been instrumental in the development of fMRI to detect deception. Dr. Kozel is the principal investigator on scientific studies that began in 1999 which demonstrated the ability to distinguish truth from deception using fMRI. Dr. Kozel graduated cum laude from Yale University in 1989 and completed his M.D. degree from the University of Virginia in 1993. Due to a military obligation, Dr. Kozel completed his internship at Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland AFB, Texas. He served as a flight surgeon at Dyess AFB, Texas and Maxwell AFB, Alabama. Dr. Kozel then moved to the Medical University of South Carolina where he completed a Psychiatric Residency, a Neuroimaging and Brain Stimulation Fellowship, a Masters of Science in Clinical Research, a Veteran's Administration Special Fellowship in Psychiatric Research/Neuroscience at the Ralph H. Johnson Veteran's Administration Medical Center, and stayed on as an Assistant Professor in Psychiatry. Dr. Kozel moved to the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in July 2005 where he is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry. The current focus of his work is functional MRI (fMRI) detection of deception as well as brain stimulation and neuroimaging projects related to mood regulation. Dr. Kozel is a non-paid Cephos advisor and has not received stock or compensation.

Mark George, M.D.

Dr. Mark George is internationally known for his work on transcranial magnetic stimulation and functional MRI (fMRI). He is a Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, Radiology and Neurology and is the Director of the Medical University of South Carolina Center for Advanced Imaging Research and the Director of the Medical University of South Carolina Brain Stimulation Laboratory. His work has been featured in Scientific American, Popular Science,Science and Discovery Health. Dr. George is a non-paid Cephos' advisor and has not received stock or compensation.